Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that PTI Chairperson Imran Khan’s ouster through a motion of no confidence was constitutional, adding that the PTI chief’s ouster was a ‘victory’ for the progress of democracy.
“PDM parties believe in democratic stability in the country, and hope that democracy and parliament will be stronger in the coming days,” the foreign minister said addressing the Asma Jahangir Conference in Lahore on Sunday.
Bilawal said that Imran Khan was the first prime minister to be removed through a non-confidence motion. “Whether you like it or not but there is only one way to remove a prime minister in the constitution and it is no-trust motion,” he added.
The foreign minister said that that the PDM saved the country at the cost of their political credibility. He hoped that constitutional and democratic journey of the PDM would continue for the betterment of the country.
He urged the youth to understand the issues of the country and protect themselves from the propaganda of an arrogant and selfish person who wanted to destroy the country for his politics.
“If Asma Jahangir was alive and she asked whether you have become the minister in result of a deal then I would reply her absolutely not,” Bilawal said.
He said the political parties had never thought that Imran would attack on the economy of the country for his political survival.
The foreign minister said that people were suffering the consequences of Imran Khan’s wrong policies, adding that the PTI chief endangered the economy and the country was in danger of defaulting.
Speaking about the recent devastating foloods, Bilawal said that Pakistan had recently seen the worst floods of its history in which a third of country’s land was flooded.
It was a historic climate catastrophe, he said and added that this should be the main issue for all citizens and politicians
Bilawal said that from Gilgit-Baltistan to KPK, South Punjab, Balochistan and Sindh provinces had badly affected by the flood and still these areas were in great trouble. “About 33 million people are affected due to the flood,“he added. The flood was a historic calamity, he said.
He said that the rest of the world was responsible for the global warming not Pakistan. “Today Pakistan is in trouble and tomorrow any other country can face the same situation,” he added.
“Our core issue should be restoration of flood affected people’s life instead of politics now,” Bilawal said.He said that political clashes would continue but need of time was to help flood victims by joining hands.
He said that the people themselves were struggling against the burden of weather change which was injustice as the political parties should jointly support them in this hard times. He said that solution of the impact of global warming in Pakistan was in working unanimously. He said that the government would make this challenge as a test case and it would be a pilot project for the globe.
The minister said that the coalition government would work to improve the agricultural and irrigation system for the better future.
